The distribution of things involves giving or delivering them to a number of people or places.
例句
...the council which controls the distribution of foreign aid...掌管外援物资派发的委员会He admitted there had been distribution problems.他承认曾出现过配给问题。
N-VAR
分配;分布
The distribution of something is how much of it there is in each place or at each time, or how much of it each person has.
例句
...a more equitable distribution of wealth.更公平合理的财富分配One of the side effects may be to change the geographical distribution of parasitic diseases such as malaria.其中的一个意外后果可能是改变诸如疟疾之类的寄生虫引发的疾病的地理分布。
N-UNCOUNT
(电影在各院线的)发行,上映
Film distribution involves deciding which cinemas a particular film is shown in.